diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api-scan.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api-scan.h
index b60d14151721da3cb141b9b74ac0e3aee2d43a92..c33ff8e61f4fd4e14407ce79b2a56232ba181978 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api-scan.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api-scan.h
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ struct iwl_ssid_ie {
  *@SCAN_FLAGS_DELAYED_SCAN_LOWBAND:
  *@SCAN_FLAGS_DELAYED_SCAN_HIGHBAND:
  *@SCAN_FLAGS_FRAGMENTED_SCAN:
+ *@SCAN_FLAGS_PASSIVE2ACTIVE: use active scan on channels that was active
+ *	in the past hour, even if they are marked as passive.
  */
 enum iwl_scan_flags {
 	SCAN_FLAGS_PERIODIC_SCAN		= BIT(0),
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ enum iwl_scan_flags {
 	SCAN_FLAGS_DELAYED_SCAN_LOWBAND		= BIT(2),
 	SCAN_FLAGS_DELAYED_SCAN_HIGHBAND	= BIT(3),
 	SCAN_FLAGS_FRAGMENTED_SCAN		= BIT(4),
+	SCAN_FLAGS_PASSIVE2ACTIVE		= BIT(5),
 };
 
 /**
@@ -179,7 +182,7 @@ enum iwl_scan_type {
  * @quiet_time: in msecs, dwell this time for active scan on quiet channels
  * @quiet_plcp_th: quiet PLCP threshold (channel is quiet if less than
  *	this number of packets were received (typically 1)
- * @passive2active: is auto switching from passive to active allowed (0 or 1)
+ * @passive2active: is auto switching from passive to active during scan allowed
  * @rxchain_sel_flags: RXON_RX_CHAIN_*
  * @max_out_time: in usecs, max out of serving channel time
  * @suspend_time: how long to pause scan when returning to service channel:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c
index 2157b0f8ced5cc7c314a246d758a869128e57c59..dc635798b2e5761b4f7e00ff9ee7de03582f2586 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c
@@ -306,10 +306,12 @@ int iwl_mvm_scan_request(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 	 */
 	if (req->n_ssids > 0) {
 		cmd->passive2active = cpu_to_le16(1);
+		cmd->scan_flags |= SCAN_FLAGS_PASSIVE2ACTIVE;
 		ssid = req->ssids[0].ssid;
 		ssid_len = req->ssids[0].ssid_len;
 	} else {
 		cmd->passive2active = 0;
+		cmd->scan_flags &= ~SCAN_FLAGS_PASSIVE2ACTIVE;
 	}
 
 	iwl_mvm_scan_fill_ssids(cmd, req);